Homework Help: trig

Posted by Matt on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 7:30pm.

I have no idea how to solve this problem.

<A is in standard position on a unit circle. Point P (-1/2, -√3/2) is the point of intersection of its terminal side with the unit circle. Find the measure of <A in radians.

trig - Allan, Monday, June 15, 2009 at 10:06am
Since the angle in in QIII, use the cos=- 1/2 and sin= -sqrt3/2 and the inverse tan function on your calculator since tan is the y/x and is equal to -sqrt3. angle is 60

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